Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Candaciidae > Genus Candacia

Candacia armata Boeck, 1873

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Candacia*	Dana, 1846	accepted genus name
*Candace*	Dana, 1849-1852	synonym
*Paracandacia*	Grice, 1963	synonym

Literature

original description	Boeck, A. (1873). Nye Slaegter og Arter af Saltvands-Copepoder. [New Genera and Species of Saltwater Copepods. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1872:35-60. [meddelt i modet den: announced in the fashion for 1872].
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Corten, A. (1983). Predation on herring larvae by the copepod Candacia armata. ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Council Meeting. 1983/H:20:1-3, 1 tab., 1 fig.
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Linko, A.K. (1907). Untersuchungen über das Plankton des Barents Meeres. [Investigations on the plankton of the Barents Sea.]. Wissenschaftlich praktische Murman Expedition, St. Petersburg. :1-247, figs.1-21.
additional source	Pesta, O. (1928). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda (1. Calanoida, 2. Cyclopoida) (3. Ordnung) [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods (1. Calanoida, 2. Cyclopoida) (3rd order).]. In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Fischer, Jena. 9:1-136, figs. 1-115.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts XI & XII, Heterorhabdidae (continued), Arietellidae, Pseudocyclopidae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4: 121-171 pls. 81-96.
additional source	Paulmier, G. (2016). Les Copépodes (Crustacea, Calanoida) des eaux côtières et estuariennes de la Bretagne et de la Normandie. Section des Heterarthrandria. Copepoda (Crustacea, Calanoida) from coastal and estuaries waters of the Brittany and Normandy, Section Heterarthrandria. Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux. 151, n.ser. 44(2/3):317-335.
additional source	Bernard, M. (1964). Observations sur la ponte et développement larvaire en aquarium d'un Copépode pélagique prédateur: Candacia armata Boeck. [Observations on the spawning and larval development in aquarium of a predatory pelagic copepod: Candacia armata Boeck.]. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco. 18:345-348.
additional source	Nival, S. & P. Nival. (1978). Étude préliminaire, au Microscope électronique balayage, du rôle des appendices céphaliques dans la nutrition chez deux copépodes pélagiques, Temora stylifera Dana et Candacia armata Boeck. [Preliminary study, using a scanning electron microscope, of the role of cephalic appendages in nutrition in two pelagic copepods, Temora stylifera Dana and Candacia armata Boeck.]. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 119:83-94, fig. 1, pl. 1.
additional source	Roff, J.C. (1978). A guide to the marine flora and fauna of the Bay of Fundy: Copepoda: Calanoida. Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 823. 27 p.
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Bernard, M. (1964). Le développement nauplien de deux Copépodes carnivores: Euchaeta marina (Prestandr.) et Candacia armata (Boeck) et observations sur le cycle de l'astaxanthine au cours de l'ontogenèse. [The nauplius development of two carnivorous copepods: Euchaeta marina (Prestandr.) and Candacia armata (Boeck) and observations on the astaxanthin cycle during ontogeny.]. Pelagos. 2(1):51-70, figs. 1-3, pls. 1-2.
additional source	Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts IX & X, Temoridae, Metridiidae, Heterorhabdidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4: 97-120, pls. 65-80.
additional source	Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. (Naupliuses of mass species of the world's oceans.) Naukova Dumka, Kiev 238pp.
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Candacia armata Boeck, 1873. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104474